jpdb beta

party; set; gang; company; person

1

posterity; future life; life to come

1

a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather

1

one by one; one after another; successively

1

cord; strap; thong; string (of a musical instrument, bow, etc.)

1

one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face

1

lobotomy

5

printing type; movable type; printed text; print

1

to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb

3

Europe and America; the West

1

screen (of a TV, computer, etc.); image (on a screen); picture; surface of a painting (picture, drawing, etc.)

3

explanatory note

1

frontal lobe

1

fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic

1

to do

1

Portugal

1

brain surgeon

2

Moniz

2

what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement

1

Nobel

1

prize; award

1

awarding; conferment; granting; presentation

1

to have one's faults exposed; to have one's secrets blown

1

personality; character; individuality; personhood

1

grave; serious; alarming

2

social problem

1

to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)

3

savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised

1

suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption

1

Nobel Prize

2

withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal

2

to resist; to defy

1

finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)

1

prohibition; inhibition; ban

2

predecessor; pioneer; ancestor

1

to repeat a mistake (of somebody); to make the same mistake as that of ...; (lit.) to follow the rut (left by someone else)

1

history

1

this sort of; of this kind; of the sort; such

1

indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary

1

to chuckle to oneself; to gloat (over)

2

itemized form; itemised form; itemization; itemisation

2

early stage

3

first year (college) student; freshman; graduate of one year's standing

1

of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless

1

feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely

2

last year of school

1

required subject; compulsory course

1

wish; desire; ambition

5

basic medicine

4

passing (a test, examination, etc.); pass (for admission, transport, etc.); ticket; pass (of a ball); (giving something a) pass; skipping (one's turn)

1